Free Trade Port Policy

Free Trade Port Policy

Guidelines of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting Hainan in Comprehensively Deepening Reform and Opening
2026-04-08

In order to fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and promote Hainan to become a new benchmark for comprehensive deepening of reform and opening up in the new era, and to form a new pattern of higher-level reform and opening up, the following opinions are hereby put forward 


I. Significance

Hainan was born out of the reform and opening-up policy. Over the past 30 years, it has undergone earth-shattering changes. 


II. General Requirements 


Strategic positioning: Comprehensive deepening of reform and opening-up pilot zone, national ecological civilization pilot zone, international tourism consumption center, and national major strategic service guarantee area. 


Basic principles: Upholding the leadership of the Party, promoting in an all-round manner, integrating land and sea resources, and giving priority to talent development. 


Development Goals: By 2020, complete the building of a moderately prosperous society; by 2025, establish the initial framework of the free trade port system; by 2035, rank among the top in the country; by the middle of this century, achieve socialist modernization first. 


III. Building a Modern Economic System

Deepen supply-side structural reform, develop tourism, modern service industries, and high-tech industries; implement innovation-driven strategies, establish research platforms in fields such as deep-sea and aerospace; deepen reforms in state-owned enterprises, agricultural reclamation, and land systems; improve infrastructure and build a "Digital Hainan". 


IV. Promoting the Formation of a Comprehensive Open New Pattern

Establish a full-island free trade zone in Hainan, implementing high-level trade and investment liberalization and facilitation; explore a Chinese-style free trade port, with tourism, modern service industries and high-tech industries as the mainstays; strengthen the construction of risk prevention and control systems. 


V. Establishing an Innovative Mechanism for International Tourism Consumption Centers

Expand consumption areas such as duty-free shopping, cruise ships and yachts, and sports lottery; improve service quality and introduce international brands; promote international tourism consumption and relax foreign investment restrictions. 


VI. Serving National Major Strategies

Strengthening the protection and development of the South China Sea and providing support services; Deepening cooperation along the "Belt and Road" initiative; Promoting military-civilian integration and building Wenchang International Aerospace City; Strengthening regional cooperation and aligning with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. 


VII. Strengthening and Innovating Social Governance

Improve the long-term mechanism for improving people's livelihood, complete the battle against poverty; establish a pattern of joint construction, governance and sharing, and promote the construction of social credit system; deepen administrative system reform and promote the integration of multiple plans. 


VIII. Accelerating the Reform of Ecological Civilization

Improve the ecological civilization system, establish a property rights system for natural resources; establish a system for the development and protection of territorial space, and establish a tropical rainforest national park; promote green production and living; gradually prohibit the sale of fuel-powered vehicles and completely ban disposable non-degradable plastic products. 


IX. Improving the talent development system

Innovate the talent cultivation mechanism, support Hainan University in establishing world-class disciplines; establish an open talent recruitment mechanism, allowing foreign and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan technical and skilled personnel to work and obtain permanent residency in Hainan; build a high-quality cadre team; enhance the level of talent services. 


X. Guarantee Measures

Strengthen the leadership of the Party, enhance policy support, and delegate management authority; establish a fund for the construction of the free trade port; Hainan Province assumes the main responsibility, while relevant central departments strengthen coordination to ensure the implementation of all tasks.